[AlpacaTalk] Re: Any non-US breeders on this site?
Hello,
Yes we are definately outside the US. Across the pond in Somerset,
England. We have 21 Huacaya alpacas and growing. We too save all our
birthings if possible for the spring and summer months. I am hand
rearing our first cria who was rejected by her maiden mum; didn't seem
to know what she was doing. Now I do the feeds and she keeps her
little one company, or rather she allows 'Sunday' to camp with her at
night and follow her around in the day. This too is a learning curve
and such a responsibility! but I'm doing my best to keep sound
boundaries ... no cuddling whatsoever, just feed and go. I guess time
will tell if I've got it right when we wean her. Hmm.
My personal interest is in the fibre. I taught myself to hand spin and
now teach others to spin with alpaca. That is fun and thrilling.
Alpaca fibre is such a wonderfully creative medium to work with. I
love it and my beloved beasties who produce it.
Best Wishes to all of you. It's always interesting to read the posts
and to know that small breeders in the US have the same teething
problems and anxieties that we seem to experience over here. We are
starting to get together with some other small breeders in our area
with a view to putting on a joint sales day, hoping that we can
support each other with marketing costs, etc.
Amanda
Barton Alpacas
www.bartonalpacas.
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
>
> I'm just curious if there are any other members of this group living
outside
> of the U.S.? I have no hidden agenda, just making small-talk and
> interested in knowing a bit about the folks that belong to this
group. I've
> belonged to this group since it was started, but there has never
been much
> in the way of posting.
>
> If anyone is interested, my wife (Kathy) and I farm about 100 of our own
> alpacas plus another 25 that are just visiting here on their way to
Europe.
> We are very much full-time in the alpaca business and just started
to do our
> own shearing. Our alpacas give birth all year round, although we take a
> two-month break in May and June (our winter). Even those plans
don't always
> work as we sometimes forget to leave that window open when we agree
to agist
> pregnant females belonging to other breeders.
>
> I look forward to hearing from anyone, within or outside the U.S.
>
> All the best to you and yours in 2008.
>
> Chuck Rademacher
> Kaipara Pines Alpaca Stud
> South Head
> Auckland, New Zealand
>
> www.kaiparapinesalp
>
>
>
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>
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